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Making Barracuda more stable

April 5, 2011 · by Ruarí Ødegaard

Here are some crash fixes. Keep looking for more crashes. wink

WARNING: This is a development snapshot: It contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes, and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.

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Changelog
Core
  • CORE-29058 (Painting artifacts with absolute element inside fixed element on scrolling zoomed in page)
  • CORE-32199 (Occasional crash when launching Dragonfly)
  • CORE-35777 (Crash on surfing WAP pages)
  • CORE-36210 (Setting body.unselectable resets scrolling on children): List scrolls and blanks out a grooveshark
  • CORE-37082 (Common plugin crash)
  • CORE-37337 (Google apps page crashes Opera)
  • CORE-37438 (Spelling mistake in preferences): opera:config#SecurityPrefs|Certificaterevocationlistsforssl
  • CORE-37507 (PDF files can't be opened on Linux)
  • CORE-37565 (Opera doesn't start after visiting a specific URL)
  • CORE-37574 (Crash on inline find)
  • Several other common crashes reported by the automated crash logging tool

Desktop
  • DSK-330738 (Flash repainted all over the place when scrolling)
  • DSK-332780 (Increase document cache from 200 to 300 megs): Document and escmascript cache has been merged together to just document so we raised the default
  • DSK-332890 (Scroll marker checkbox is in UI even when feature is disabled)

Readers' comments

Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 50, as archived.

  • Andrew G.5. April 2011, 09:42

    good work! yes
  • sabisan5. April 2011, 09:43

    Testing up (damn, almost first yes)
  • Topi5. April 2011, 09:45

    Mod edit: Please discuss feature requests in the forums.
  • agresiff5. April 2011, 09:46

    up
  • Worlon5. April 2011, 09:50

    NoAd extension menu still empty.
  • Elige Opera5. April 2011, 09:50

    I only hope has been helpful to my comment, I'll try and and then give my impressions on my blog. Good Day coffee
  • Max Illis5. April 2011, 10:08

    Originally posted by Pesala:

    Horizontal scroll bar bug at BBC News

    1. Visit World News Page
    2. Zoom to 120% or more
    3. Click link to visit another news page, e.g. UK News
    A horizontal scroll bar now obscures the links. Zooming back to 100% and then back to 120% fixes the problem. Submitted as bug: DSK-332782
    the bug with the titles on news.bbc.co.uk still seems to be present sad
  • ClashCityRocker5. April 2011, 10:08

    the real problem for me now is opera extensions breaking rss feed previews
  • alekksander5. April 2011, 10:17

    as always - many thanks! i was waiting for this. can't wait for stable! will report more bugs.

    edit:
    Why 11.10 is slower than 11.01 ? (not rendering, but program performance) It's noticible on slower pc's (i'm on 1.6 atom) Did anyone else noticed that ?
  • metude5. April 2011, 10:24

    Crashing in this url when i select some svg text...

    There's no problem with clean install. I'm using 53 diffrent extension. When i install all of my extension into fresh install, crashing again...
  • schwaller5. April 2011, 10:25

    Originally posted by Worlon:

    NoAd extension menu still empty.
    on windows desktop: 100% confirmed cry please please fix that !!!
  • nimu_chan5. April 2011, 10:29

    Thank you!!up
  • rctneil5. April 2011, 10:32

    Mod edit: Please do not repeat yourself. Reporting something once is enough. Requests should not be posted here. If you want to report problems, be specific and to the point.
  • Siddhartha5. April 2011, 10:33

    Another bug I've experienced since 11.10 is that local server sites saved in the session never load at start without refresh.
    E.g. I have tabs with http://somelocaladress/ (local virtual host) when closing Opera and on next start i restore previous tabs and all local addresses stuck on 0% loading.

    win7 x64sp1 apache 2.2 x64, uses cookies, all Opera settings to default
  • mulB5. April 2011, 10:43

    I still have sometimes black horizontal lines in pictures on zoomed web-pages...really annoying down

    Win 7 64bit
  • Darkwing Duck5. April 2011, 10:43

    Any updates on socks5?
    I'll stick with an older build for a while..
  • Dither5. April 2011, 10:43

    It seems with this build Opera sometimes incorrectly calculates image dimensions if images are in data-URI form.
    <img src="data:image/png;base64,..." />
  • rctneil5. April 2011, 10:43

    Originally posted by rctneil:

    Mod edit: Please do not repeat yourself. Reporting something once is enough. Requests should not be posted here. If you want to report problems, be specific and to the point.




    I thought it would be best to keep a copy of my post for each build and then add extra problems or tick off issues that ahve been fixed like i checked off the apple site bug being fixed.

    I can't see what's wrong with it. Can I repost it?
  • z-o-o-m5. April 2011, 10:43

    flash works much better now
  • juriemu5. April 2011, 10:47

    trackpad scrolling on macbook is buggy SO LOOOONG. When it will be finally fixed?!@?
  • Gereford5. April 2011, 10:49

    Yahhh Thx guys
  • Dither5. April 2011, 10:49

    Originally posted by schwaller:

    Originally posted by Worlon:

    NoAd extension menu still empty.


    on windows desktop: 100% confirmed cry please please fix that !!!

    It's more like a problem of the extension than Opera. Anyway here is the temporary fix: http://operafan.net/forum/index.php?topic=14821.msg144878#msg144878
  • Haavard5. April 2011, 10:50

    Originally posted by rctneil:

    I thought it would be best to keep a copy of my post for each build and then add extra problems or tick off issues that ahve been fixed like i checked off the apple site bug being fixed.

    No, repeating yourself is not a good idea. Very long posts are not likely to be read by other people, and when they see the same thing over and over again, they will start ignoring it.

    Give other people a chance to be heard when reporting any new issues they may be seeing.

    Note: This is off-topic, so the discussion ends here.
  • KlausHoll5. April 2011, 10:51

    Originally posted by z-o-o-m:

    flash works much better now


    Yeah at last no visual artifacts!!! COOL!
  • Кирил5. April 2011, 11:04

    From options (Ctrl+F12) the option "Show scroll marker" was gone.
    Return it.
  • vilpapa5. April 2011, 11:07

    After launch is not active cursor in the address bar. In the last build, worked.
  • rctneil5. April 2011, 11:10

    But then how will you know if an issue I previously reported in a previous build is present in a new build?
  • set5. April 2011, 11:26

    Originally posted by Kiril717:

    From options (Ctrl+F12) the option "Show scroll marker" was gone.
    Return it.

    What for, it didn't work at all, that's why it was removed from the UI, it's in the changelog

    ----
    Repainting issues with the address and tab bar when scrolling (do it fast) on these two sites:

    http://www.timburton.com/
    http://europe.nokia.com/support/download-software/pc-suites/compatibility-and-download

    Jumping background at http://www.ign.com/ when scrolling ONLY with the touchpad, anyone to confirm?
  • bartgzn5. April 2011, 11:50

    This version and before last add Kayak, eBay, etc to my bookmarks and also place them on the bar in my usb install.
  • XenoAntares5. April 2011, 11:58

    re Installer:

    Old issues are, that using WinXP localized DE, the installer always suggests updating an Opera localized EN_us with a DE_de variant, and that ”Use Opera as default browser“ is unticked, although it actually already /is/ the default application for browsing (it happens to be that since numerous updated major versions – maybe that's a cause for the problem).

    An issue (new for me – but I probably missed it earlier) is partial translation of the ”ToS agreement line“: The installer starts up as DE_de showing the language mixup ”By clicking on "Annehmen und aktualisieren" you are …“. Changing languages in the options does not change the English part of the cited line, and the "accept and update" part does not adapt immediately to chosen language.
  • andrsyng5. April 2011, 11:59

    fix the size of imdb.com videos at scale more than 100%
  • XenoAntares5. April 2011, 12:02

    Yay!

    First 11.10 snapshot, where launching Dragonfly does not crash Opera. So may be CORE-32199 (Occasional crash when launching Dragonfly) reduced the 100% chance of "occasional crash" down to 0%. wink
  • set5. April 2011, 12:06

    Originally posted by andrsyng:

    fix the size of imdb.com videos at scale more than 100%


    If you are talking about this http://files.myopera.com/sutekh/bugs/imdb_chromium.jpg it's clearly a bug with IMDb's flash player, not with Opera
  • Nicolas5. April 2011, 12:12

    Appart speed dial still is dramatically crispy, I want to report a matter with thumbnails positions with small width windows.

    I'm not sure to already see a report (happens in some previous snapshot).

    When I open panel or reduce windows width, a large space appears above the thumbnails. If I reduce more the width of the speed dial the space become taller.

    happens both with automatic and manual zoom.

    here the snapshot :







    if somebody could confirm
  • Bakazaur5. April 2011, 12:23

    This build (2077) "freezes" after unpack
    and start Opera.exe (Opera.exe "eats" CPU).

    This "feature" appeared in build 2076,
    so I'm still "sitting" on build 2067...

    Maybe the source of the "feature"
    is one of "installer" changes here:
    http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2011/04/01/crisp

    (Windows XP SP3)
  • Francis Adu-Gyamfi5. April 2011, 12:37

    Why has the default search from the "Address Field" been changed from Google to Ask?
  • glache5. April 2011, 12:47

    Token speed test (I was extremely surprised at the difference):

    http://img268.imageshack.us/i/peacekeeper.jpg/

    bigsmile
  • Кирил5. April 2011, 12:53

    set,
    rss too do not work properly, let's rss clean?
  • byakuran085. April 2011, 12:53

    Originally posted by byakuran:

    Opera crash on the following link : http://www.soompi.com/forums/topic/341781-少女時代-girls-generation-snsd-소녀시대-official-thread-3/page__st__19740



    Crash that i reported at the previous snapshot is fixed. Thanks!
    up But any idea why the meebo bar below is still in black instead of white. This does not happens in other browser.
  • townsend5. April 2011, 13:13

    I am still experiencing a crash whenever a try to save an image (Windows 7 x64). It is an immediate crash which does not allow me to use crash log submission. I submitted a bug report with inspectr crash logs as well as windows crash logs. I hope that helps.

    Also, I am now crashing whenever I save a file from mediafire.com I may submit another ticket and more bug reports later. This problem spans two windows 7 x64 pcs with different hardware and occurs on fresh installs.
  • Igor Machulsky5. April 2011, 13:19

    Ubuntu 10.10. Very long connect under proxy.
    Anyone confirm?
  • Christian5. April 2011, 13:21

    Tuenti does not load if not reload 1 more time. Is broken some builds ago.
    (tuenti.com).
  • Алексей5. April 2011, 13:22

    lol
  • M-Z5. April 2011, 13:32

    DSK-330738 (Flash repainted all over the place when scrolling)
    EDIT: Sorry, I mean: CORE-29058 (Painting artifacts with absolute element inside fixed element on scrolling zoomed in page)



    Yes, yes, yes...

    For the comment to be useful, I'd like to report that Opera duplicate your extra additions to our bookmarks. wink
    I think we don't need two links to Amazon and so on. smile
    http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/962/beztytuupuu.png
    Or maybe I haven't looked at it for quite some time and that was done by some previous version...
    EDIT: As someone before noticed - it is in USB type installation.
  • townsend5. April 2011, 13:36

    Originally posted by galakadon:

    I am still experiencing a crash whenever a try to save an image (Windows 7 x64).



    If I go into preference>advanced>downloads and go to the entries for jpg, png or other image formats opera will also crash. This is very strange behavior. And I will try to find other ways to crash the browser on my two win7 pcs.
  • Calin5. April 2011, 13:38

    Originally posted by Draki:

    the bug with the titles on news.bbc.co.uk still seems to be present



    Confirmed Win7 x32

    Originally posted by sutekh:

    Jumping background at http://www.ign.com/ when scrolling ONLY with the touchpad, anyone to confirm?



    Working fine here Win7 x32

    Originally posted by Noxx:

    if somebody could confirm



    Working fine here Win7 x32
  • Helge Gjølme5. April 2011, 13:45

    Originally posted by Bakazaur:

    This build (2077) "freezes" after unpack
    and start Opera.exe (Opera.exe "eats" CPU).



    Do you unpack the installer manually, and then try to run opera.exe?
    If you do that, then I doubt it has anything to do with the installer.

    Does Opera work if you install via the installer?

    Can you give me the exact steps you are doing in order to get this freeze?
  • tisazalay5. April 2011, 13:58

    thanks for the builds.... keep up the good work.
  • pinfeng5. April 2011, 14:15

    Originally posted by vilpapa:

    After launch is not active cursor in the address bar. In the last build, worked.


    For me this hasn't been working since a few builds already. Anyone else having the same experience? This happens only if no other active tabs are loaded and just the speeddial is shown.

    I think it is a bit cumbersome to click with the mouse each time after start-up to type a first URL...
  • HeinrichP5. April 2011, 14:21

    Originally posted by Draki:

    Originally posted by Pesala:

    Horizontal scroll bar bug at BBC News

    1. Visit World News Page
    2. Zoom to 120% or more
    3. Click link to visit another news page, e.g. UK News
    A horizontal scroll bar now obscures the links. Zooming back to 100% and then back to 120% fixes the problem. Submitted as bug: DSK-332782
    the bug with the titles on news.bbc.co.uk still seems to be present sad
    - I don't get this bug??

About this article

Published inDesktop Team blog
DateApril 5, 2011
AuthorRuarí Ødegaard
Tagsstability, crashfixes, Barracuda, 11.10
OriginalInternet Archive